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Shane Seheult loves bats. Just in time for Halloween, the PhD candidate is here to remind us that they are more fascinating than frightening.

Seheult, a member of the McMaster Bat Lab, studies their unique hearing abilities and how they help animals perceive and navigate the world around them.

His research explores how baby bats develop hearing in their first days of life, and whether the unique patterns in their wings can be used like fingerprints to identify individual bats.

His work could help scientists better understand bats while reducing the need for invasive physical tags in future studies.

Visit the #LinkInBio for the full video and to learn more about how Seheult`s research is offering a deeper understanding into these often-misunderstood creatures. 🦇

Campus was looking a little more spook-tacular than usual today 🎃👻

Swipe through to see some of the costumes spotted around campus. Have a safe and happy Halloween, Marauders!

Swipe for a spooky surprise! 🎃

From pumpkin carving to pumpkin eruptions, Level II students in Dr. Lydia Chen`s Chemistry and Chemical Biology class experienced chemistry in action.

Adding a Halloween twist to the classroom, the class erupted with a "vomiting pumpkin" demonstration that was equal parts chemistry and spooky fun.

#McMasterU#ExperientialLearning #Halloween

What if the river was your classroom?

Through a partnership with Six Nations Polytechnic, students took part in a two-week Summer Institute exploring river health through a Haudenosaunee framework.

On the Grand River, students traded lectures for canoes, gaining firsthand experience learning with and from the water. Developed in collaboration with Knowledge Holders, language speakers, and Indigenous scientists, the course brought together different ways of knowing while helping students build deeper relationships with the land, water and community.

To learn more about this land-based learning experience, visit our #linkinbio.

From designing racecars at McMaster to Aston Martin F1, a co-op in the fast lane 🏎

McMaster Engineering (@mcmastereng) undergrad Liam Boone is spending 12 months in Silverstone, U.K., completing a co-op placement with Aston Martin F1 as an Aerodynamics R&D Design placement student.

As a lifelong motorsport enthusiast, Boone`s path to Formula One has included designing racecars with MAC Formula Electric (@macformulaelectric) and working as a junior mechanical engineer at a robotics startup.

Now, he`s learning from experienced engineers at the highest level of the sport while gaining firsthand insight into what a career in motorsport can look like.

Visit the #LinkInBio to read how Boone turned a passion for motorsport into the co-op opportunity of a lifetime.

We were pleased to host a very special guest on campus yesterday — Alejandro Adem, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
 
Adem connected with students, staff and faculty as part of Latin American Heritage Month.
 
The NSERC (@nserc_crsng) president was accompanied by members of the Latin American Network at McMaster University (LANMU) as he connected with students in a fireside chat, toured research centres and met with McMaster senior leaders.
 
Assistant Professor Rodrigo Narro Pérez, co-founder of @lanmumcmaster, says Adem’s visit is empowering for Latin American/Latinx students.
 
“This visit by Dr. Adem, a world-renowned Canadian academic who is proud of his Latin American heritage, provides students with important representation and visibility in Canada’s research ecosystem,” says Narro Pérez.
 
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